The Millennial Nubian

So almost 3 weeks after the interview, here it is. Because I am a professional lol.

Greetings kids! On the 4th of March the world was a mess and I had a chat about it with my good friend Wendy Weissman! The Tom Morello storm cross my Twitter feed, the Meghan Markle/prince Harry interview with Oprah Winfrey, Sia’s vanity project about autism “music” was released and the internet was traumatized by the “Framing Britney Spears” documentary. We had to talk about all of that! We absolutely had to! And l I hope you have a good time listening to us 🖤

Spoiler Free Book Review. The Prey Of Gods - Nicky Drayden - Harper Voyager - 2017.

The first book I will discuss in this podcast is The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden. As I mentioned in the previous episode; the book gives me the best of both worlds when it comes to the African literary experience, an African American author and a book set in Africa. Nicky Drayden is a system analyst, a girl who codes, and the novel is set in a future version of South Africa, where robots, renewable energy, and genetic engineering are commonplace, we also explore the cultural and tribal traditions that are thousands of years old, and old beliefs of deities that live among us and sorcery that is well hidden in everyday life.

I will try my best as spoiler-free as I can. Any details I mention are already present online as book reviews or goodreads comments etc.

Good Reads page 

Nicky Drayden‘s website 

Brenoch Adams

Published on 15.10.2020. Welcome to my new podcast where I read books by black authors, mainly in the speculative fiction genre (sci-fi, fantasy, etc), the share my opinions with you. The first episode is an explanation of why I wanted to embark on this journey, share my personal history as an African, third culture kid, avid reader, and amateur opinionated person. 

Useful links mentioned in the episode: 

What is speculative fiction - MasterClass 

Black Science Fiction - Wikipedia 

11 BLACK SCI-FI AUTHORS TO READ RIGHT NOW

20 Books To Read If You Want To Get Into Black Sci-Fi And Fantasy - Buzzfeed 

Nisi Shawl - A Crash Course in the History of Black Science Fiction

"Racism and Science Fiction" by Samuel R. Delany

Upcoming book review :

The Prey of The Gods - Nicky Drayden

Hey friends. I’ve decided to merge the 2 podcasts, LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW and SHE READS BLACK together. My book reviews will be periodic uploads on the main podcast in the future. Until a new episode is ready, here are the older episodes I published in the tail end of 2020, starting with the trailer.

My friends on Twitter asked a few questions and I answered

Today I’m joined by my fantastic and fancy as hell, the commentary YouTuber The sarcastic sloth. We start our conversation talking about YouTube drama and personalities like Shane, Jeffree and Trisha and we go into amazing tangents I’m sure you’ll appreciate. Enjoy.

Elly’s merch store https://www.redbubble.com/people/ellyburg/shop

The Sarcastic Sloth on YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UC63Cj-1Vh5hKQtqeI_61pOA

Sloth’s video on Fabry disease https://youtu.be/-FAE7cCywPQ

My friend Nunzio and I initially decided to discuss the legendary Italian director Fellini, and ended up talking about Power Rangers and Furbies

Had a chat with my good friend Wendy Weissman, aka TheWendyNerd about being a woman in gaming, our favorite book for 2020, Circe by Madeline Miller and her Wendy’s web show The Vampire Masquerade. I then welcome 2021 we a hopeful thought. I shout out the brand Naked by Linda Dommingue.

Episode descriptions coming soon